The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25
back to the Old s.ttlers iac., ~no smicaple re.

to me tht ~ any teller were iookln nIteI Y
80 could I'M L right In this here missile from
M,,riars relation, Ye see, awhile ne he VIII e
meanin' me. TIT II he wanted to hsy %cirepsei
T yads. 0's we iSF TO %r 9a ssls up Pe sat sS% q G ri r H mo
That's . smart relation o yonr,n. M.riar.
st ssYsi s anu n ne sslp psts 1ss sa Sso !. He * Kin II beat e%s
d, Jim. Fiacf q .lyin,.' saysL !, an yer know
s &.s1a w:a! ssyf i,y Ii .ns BIZ w ton S IS ri meat. f's says I'll !.
feelin' sorry fer the man ez had II In his heart sars = +
bop Ray; we low en- two hundred poun' Apiece,
says l.. witch is big heft. % bars rnns. Thatd
he h ts sII e ton the . sG s.;a sr{ S'ai m %sa,n says s,n'{ !. s ssi. ~
bars. says L, M'riar. 'dnfI that meetln' house
9,yGisr'tn % from yep r s1llac to an n99 fsll sln1af Els ' tnsi /;
repent :. them sixty bars Tore rs too late
soyse 81 Side 81 ne g. 9asd am! s aSsg |. !M %HS.'n ms on
That skeert .M'riar, an che writ him .
scorcher: an asst him nh how could Sua any. anybody d, dare dare
iation o M,riar's do, but set down an write this
%'ss he ts's 81 G as xe ss . fssl q srs Ss ST, 'a0f%S H. ' sn'
t'other Teller knocked over the sig ton O. bar
!ass Ga "a ss sixty Bat S!srs s!!e says ysh6 In s'H FRI. s sass on If;
ten, says he. Only tenlI iWhar's Annynias,
Squire 8 a IN, Nhsr 8 e, sssp sph Il, = T 1sgsr here mss. n ssfs
down an siinches the p'warrieatlon by sayilni'
TIT tn want only six ton Q, bar meat, but TIT
II iSply tG sI1e ten 5,sr i, to n psry si%e, II .sou Iye Sue Sss
this Is the wickedest an perwersest one I've see
se @%b I were we're n E younns gnu sn q, tb II f. soT n,g ysntpr.d
to remart, That's; ., reasonable statement
enough, Bears out In that country often weigh
q much aSh g e. fifteen nnd hundred pounds apiece.
or grizzlies, q, briTzIlies oE ,brpzzlies, q spIz;
Settler; thumaFPIGns Shs rs door WITH Viii rs ssn Sb 10 bis
S Sss.Ir kP, ~ 4 + . sbS sSSlR Ssv S| %ef 'Ss a 4an st ass
IN. anyhowS !. WY; consarn it all Sugar swamp
s dSss eo@id I, Ref ne better tss a i've to. the ton. an, is ii
SGleyaq L s sS!s lt 4 Is W 3. f {. beet ssss saf Ese s sSe~RR. on On
III brIch hs q SO sSu ssSba 9 hpa hin aS"n fass'Fn =" load o
the nold Settlers sarsHi indiSnation being 50 deep;
that Nc one deemed It y wise set to ta Sew the so cha me-.
WY! Ba hiT I'm By ss aaa q 81 ne wits fHs's sh iew %re h 4 sa' 81
M,riar's a letter myself. III writ. him sumpiLn'
th'tll mako him 'shamed O. hisself. itwont be be
BIT 1t Won't: It'll be jlst q plain led'le seribble
IN t tn hist i1yi . 9s sa 3 ssFP swamp Sod d]e Sa Hs! t q iestis
ssIIss5 ! i r ~ ! " So q, i. III N, e Ia 3 fta sss ~ t q f
s{!si VEGA az - e. { fT e q doa # n Rs'sS ; Is = ys as.% az
him. an coIorady rs the place ier him. squire,
d doctor S y VIA dspnsssr Ridssi" N
"Conkright? No. Major; l cant say OF | do
member anybody 9, that name, ! k kS!, v q
risd LIZ ~ 'n 1i nSms d ss Sar TSPpMsE ary. stu Ia9o
Mary, we usety call her. cause she had = pair Q
cow hid 4 shoes ! . =, an a all luz walked va bar me In ,sm to n meet;
rest o the he gals did q had shoes@Gan' Pete lived
he fe'n mo " o ha' BEN seas some relative o the traveIlinf'
doSst9r's. but faint likely. nuther, ez Pete we're
come u e"e to think on al It. JOB Hseitap's; boss went
away bout the same time, an want never
he hssf So on aslb5p; G Gasss don't member none o
tn "W9II, "a sajG Tf e. ia pSn sst n1s I!!pB By, t h T ! sy. =
doctor in the susa swamp deestris,,in them
s snliis s. IL n sheep ws'P, an Hs sSs as aas 1 Sat f faap!s a sSsl;
like to sit 'ronn' to Sugar swamp, cause me
fan him s WHsh ' 'Ss liked 4 sf{ bs Ct tES al Slii T rsaal H..
Lippy were q sight to cure the blues. He were
short an thick. an, tn were So much
7 Ts'n't . sea'ee Ip aS Dy l eis ON %pPsais s face hae 'f aer his IT,,
a!P q SSull ss a hsd not g p %as T, ' Siss sh't S sa' Il sh5 SSu sSs
std tie TOP 9P s az aa afRPy q tho dHsY SostSm; T an E Tsrs0 q
On n him i'm s so th Si they reachea out TIL like iiftls wings.
Els sSt ls sss eF TEoy rn n!!s!Se any q, Ii tsS sh essuf Sut v sGs
bow in EN- were amazin'. They was bent 50
TIT It wouldn't ha, ben no trick at al to chuck
the Knees. thoItt etchin' nuther leg.
The iust time / ever sec Lippy 6qnkrish. I
Seum muSt ha' come to the clearin'. an Jht
him. hiiRp! an %f I hadn't ii ben 'aaainted WITH him long
b,sr Sf feEe so "a u. s sSS f si,p ou' an l0'sa IN .
ANY, so NJ. s 81 1 1871 Hs 3n'e 81: h "a, s e =. sH Was
on %v The w4 W. ! h had to liz ISok 16 hin b!s Sye nos an !, ! t5 ssySs, s to
I'D ] aia aPtsI TRSE l1 RlSa so mkt thst q ! va Eslf m lssR q ~ ]
tti ipPPyy d didn aaH fe 4oh him nam an n make axe him nnsr rass 'sS'n
,o This h r, da ", we En-, vent PIT s out fer pa Per h wsre long m
IL 'twere cold that day. we concluded TIT The;
chances was th't we'd. run agin' a drove o',b'ar
s @ien p On u sn sein va" = t tef H,R'f iikas pI1l part e S3he
d dfes IL t to mix w with \ NO. q congregation %,s Q, t ,hed
sS, ssn' a we n PS1lisd1 fe du 4 R'!e e.. U,simnsf wR w t eos
to look at a ssood.sizod hiek''Ty ssplin' that had
slick ez could be. nm held 1t thar like ez II it'd
ben bent fer a snare.
III Fiat sapliIn. ever eits loose. says t,ippy.
he. '.Nless wanted to take Q quick trip over
Eyer, right, Lippy, says l. That seplin'
wGphld I, think nuthin' g sweepin' the clouds
"Ez we stood thar 4 taikin'', wal should pop
IN outen the top Of a tree th,t were ,layin' on to
the right OF us but two fair-sized b'ars-big
enough uns to make q lively tussle II they had
a hankerin, that way. Them two bars did hev
way at ,tother, IN, but nuther blaze didn't
seem to do nuthin' but put vim inter the bars,
an the mex, minute l were waltzin' 'roun'
'mongst the down tree tops with one bar. vile
Lippy, were sashayin' an, %cuttin, pigeon wings, |
with t'other UNI fer . pardner.. We cayorted an
gallavanted. an out an slashed an pounded
an choked them bars, but they only seemed to
think we was playin' with 'em. 1 begun to at
kinder DISCOURAGED. an ! hollered to Lippy, |
'twixt tugs an hugs an cuts an twistin's:
".Lippy' says l. this durn bars agointer
"Lippy, he hoilers back. putin an blowin'
an bleedin':
9TH hain't nuthin' short Of q stroke O. light
min. on this bars conk ez kin save me- says
he, consistently the jig's up
But we KEEP on a tusslin.' an list ez Lippy